People Systems Data Lead

Lever, Inc.; Māngere-Ōtāhuhu; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free carparking

Health insurance

Onsite café with subsidised meals

Flexible working options

Job summary

Foodies in New Zealand is seeking a senior data leadership role within the Employee Experience Programme. You will lead the people data workstream, build trusted, high‑quality data foundations and shape workforce insights, reporting and governance to inform future decisions.

Reporting to the Head of People Systems, you’ll guide a small team and collaborate with Payroll, IT, Finance and capability partners. This is a rare opportunity to influence how workforce information supports decision making

Qualifications

• Significant experience working with HR systems, reporting and people analytics.
• Experience using tools such as SAP, SuccessFactors, payroll systems, Power BI or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of data governance, quality and master data management.
• People leadership experience supporting and developing others.
• Experience delivering people data initiatives through major transformation programmes.
• Experience using data and insights to track readiness, adoption and risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead the people data workstream for the Employee Experience programme and support the transition into long-term business ownership.
• Drive people data governance, quality, reporting and master data management practices across the organisation.
• Partner with People & Capability, Payroll, IT and Finance teams to ensure people data is trusted, accessible and fit for purpose.
• Develop meaningful workforce reporting and insights that support strategic decision-making.
• Mentor and support people data capability while identifying opportunities to leverage automation, analytics and AI.

Skills

HR systems experience

People analytics

Stakeholder influence

People leadership

Automation & AI

Tools

SAP

SuccessFactors

Power BI

Payroll systems

Job description

Ko wai mātou – About us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right? That’s us!

With more than 320 stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Māui, Foodstuffs North Island is a co-operative proudly owned by our Members. Our purpose is simple – making sure New Zealanders get more out of life, and we’re driven by our aspiration to be one of New Zealand’s most customer-driven and productive retailers.

At Foodies, our people are at the centre of everything we do. Our People & Capability team is focused on creating modern, data-driven experiences that support our people, leaders and customers. The People Systems function plays a critical role in making that happen.

Te Tūranga – About the role

The Employee Experience (EEx) Programme is our co-op-wide reset of how our people and payroll experience works; simpler, smarter, and designed for the moments that matter. We're modernising systems and streamlining processes so it's easier for our teams across stores, Distribution Centres and Support Centre to get stuff done and focus on customers.

This is a unique opportunity to lead the people data workstream for one of Foodies' most significant people transformations. You'll help build the foundations for trusted, high-quality people data while shaping how workforce insights, reporting and governance support future business decisions.

Reporting to the Head of People Systems, you'll provide technical leadership across data governance, reporting, quality, insights and master data management. Working closely with People & Capability, Payroll, IT, Finance and programme teams, you'll play a key role in ensuring our people data is accurate, trusted and positioned to support long‑term business success. You’ll also have a small team reporting into you.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the people data workstream for the Employee Experience programme and support the transition into long-term business ownership.
• Drive people data governance, quality, reporting and master data management practices across the organisation.
• Partner with People & Capability, Payroll, IT and Finance teams to ensure people data is trusted, accessible and fit for purpose.
• Develop meaningful workforce reporting and insights that support strategic decision-making.
• Mentor and support people data capability while identifying opportunities to leverage automation, analytics and AI.

He kōrero mōu - About you

You're passionate about turning data into meaningful insights and understand the role quality data plays in enabling great employee experiences. You enjoy solving complex problems, influencing stakeholders and bringing structure to large-scale transformation initiatives.

You’ll likely bring:

• Significant experience working with HR systems, reporting and people analytics.
• Experience using tools such as SAP, SuccessFactors, payroll systems, Power BI or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of data governance, quality and master data management.
• People leadership experience supporting and developing others.
• Experience delivering people data initiatives through major transformation programmes.
• Experience using data and insights to track readiness, adoption and risk, and inform delivery decisions
• A passion for data, continuous improvement, automation and emerging technologies, including AI capability.

This is an opportunity to help shape the future people data landscape at Foodies. You'll influence how workforce information supports decision-making across the co-op, work alongside experienced People, Product and Technology professionals, and play a key role in one of our most significant people transformations.

We’re interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths, and how adaptable you are to learn and grow. If you don’t meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we’d still love to hear from you.

Ngā painga - What we offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits:

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
• Southern cross health insurance
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [e-mail].